The short version
A local mixture-of-experts model used for fast web-scraping tasks.
From the HackerLinks archive
Ornith-1.5 35B-A3B
A local mixture-of-experts model used for fast web-scraping tasks.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-08-20
Last seen:2026-08-20
Times seen:1
Website:ornith.ai
Why it caught our attention
A first-hand user found it competitive with a larger Qwen model while running faster.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-08-20
“I've been using the 35B-A3B today for some web scraping work, and it has been on par with Qwen3.8 27B at a much higher speed and at a higher quant (q4 vs q8). I'm impressed.”
jonesy827 · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
Ornith-1.5: From Self-Scaffolding to Self-Improvement